Ben Lomond CRV Redemption Services to End July 2025

BEN LOMOND TRANSFER STATION AND RECYCLING CENTER TO REMAIN OPEN

California Redemption Value (CRV) redemption services at the Ben Lomond Transfer Station will end on July 1, 2025, although the station and its Recycling Center will remain open.

The transfer station’s recycling center will continue to accept CRV beverage containers for recycling, but it will no longer offer cash refunds in exchanges for these containers, which includes 5 cents for containers less than 24 oz and 10 cents for containers more than 24 oz starting July 1, 2025. Proceeds from the redeemed CRV items currently help fund meal programs and services for seniors.

The changes align with guidance from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), which aims to make CRV redemption more accessible by shifting services to local beverage retailers. Starting January 1, 2025, all beverage retailers will be required to:

• Join a dealer cooperative, offering collective CRV redemption services, or
• Provide in-store CRV redemption directly to customers.

Most retailers will refund up to 50 cans or bottles, offering customers a more convenient recycling option during routine shopping trips. Residents can still recycle their beverage containers in their blue bins.

Santa Cruz County Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal Services

Santa Cruz County’s Recycling & Solid Waste Services department is responsible for the operation and administration of solid waste diversion and disposal in the unincorporated areas of the County. The County operates two solid waste facilities, the Buena Vista Landfill west of Watsonville and the Ben Lomond Transfer Station in the San Lorenzo Valley.

The County of Santa Cruz accepts over 450 tons of refuse on a daily basis. The Buena Vista Landfill accepts an average of 350 tons, while the Ben Lomond Transfer Station accepts 100 tons of refuse daily which is then trucked to Buena Vista Landfill.

Buena Vista Landfill
(1 Mile South of Highway 1)
1231 Buena Vista Drive Watsonville, CA
(831) 454-2430, (831) 454-5153 

Ben Lomond Transfer Station
(1 Mile North of Glen Arbor Road)
9835 Newell Creek Road Ben Lomond, CA
(831) 454-2430, (831) 454-3951

Household Hazardous Waste
Identification required to use facilities.

Materials accepted at the Buena Vista Landfill are Class III non-hazardous residential, commercial and industrial waste, dewatered sewage sludge and low-level petroleum contaminated soils. Materials accepted at the Ben Lomond Transfer Station are Class III non-hazardous residential, commercial and industrial waste.

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